# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の五の三 (Article 156-5-3)

- Law: 金融商品取引法 (Financial Instruments and Exchange Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二十五号
- English title "Financial Instruments and Exchange Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第百五十六条の五の三 (Article 156-5-3)（対象議決権保有届出書の提出） — address `art-156-5-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第百五十六条の五の三（対象議決権保有届出書の提出） — (Submission of a Statement of Holding Subject Voting Rights)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-156-5-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-5-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-5-3</sup>

  **第一項**  金融商品取引清算機関の総株主の議決権の百分の五を超える議決権（社債、株式等の振替に関する法律第百四十七条第一項又は第百四十八条第一項の規定により発行者に対抗することができない株式に係る議決権を含み、取得又は保有の態様その他の事情を勘案して内閣府令で定めるものを除く。以下この節において「対象議決権」という。）を保有することとなつた者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、保有する当該対象議決権の数を当該金融商品取引清算機関の総株主の議決権の数で除して得た割合、保有の目的その他当該対象議決権に関し内閣府令で定める事項を記載した対象議決権保有届出書を、遅滞なく、内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
  <sup>art-156-5-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-5-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-5-3/par-1</sup>
  A person that becomes the holder of voting rights (including voting rights in respect of shares that cannot be asserted against the issuer pursuant to the provisions of Article 147, paragraph (1) or Article 148, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares, excluding voting rights that are specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the manner in which they are acquired or held and other circumstances; hereinafter referred to as "subject voting rights" in this Section) exceeding five percent of all shareholders' voting rights in a financial instruments clearing organization, must submit a statement of holdings in subject voting rights to the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order and without delay, in which the person states the ratio arrived at by dividing the number of subject voting rights held by the number that represents all shareholders' voting rights in the financial instruments clearing organization, and states the purpose of the holdings and the particulars of the subject voting rights that are otherwise specified by Cabinet Office Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  次の各号に掲げる場合における前項の規定の適用については、当該各号に定める対象議決権は、これを保有するものとみなす。
  <sup>art-156-5-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-5-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-5-3/par-2</sup>
  In applying the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the case set forth in any of the following items, the relevant person is deemed to hold the subject voting rights specified in each item:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  金銭の信託契約その他の契約又は法律の規定に基づき、金融商品取引清算機関の対象議決権を行使することができる権限又は当該議決権の行使について指図を行うことができる権限を有する場合　当該対象議決権
    <sup>art-156-5-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-5-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-5-3/par-2/item-1</sup>
    if a person has the authority to exercise subject voting rights in a financial instruments clearing organization or the authority to give instructions on the exercise of such voting rights based on the provisions of a money trust contract or other contract or based on the provisions of law:the subject voting rights in question; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  株式の所有関係、親族関係その他の政令で定める特別の関係にある者が金融商品取引清算機関の対象議決権を保有する場合　当該特別の関係にある者が保有する対象議決権
    <sup>art-156-5-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-5-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-5-3/par-2/item-2</sup>
    a person that is related to the relevant person through a shareholding relationship, familial relationship, or other special relationship specified by Cabinet Order, holds subject voting rights in a financial instruments clearing organization:the subject voting rights held by the person with the special relationship to the person in question.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-156-5-3/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五の三第一項 (Article 156-5-3, paragraph (1)), art-156-5-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-5-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-5-3/par-1

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- 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五の三第二項（対象議決権保有届出書の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-5-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-5-3/par-2
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- 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五の十一第一項（対象議決権に係る規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-5-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-5-11/par-1
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- 金融商品取引法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4221-32/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4221-32/art-4/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4221-32/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4221-32/art-4/par-3

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 金融商品取引法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000025/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-22
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), retrieved 2026-10-22
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22
